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  • AFOTEC Commander wins Space Trophy

    Maj. Gen. Stephen Sargeant, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander, here, is the recipient of the 2009 Gen. Thomas D. White U.S. Air Force Space Trophy. General Sargeant received the trophy at the annual Air Force Ball held Nov. 20 in Beverly Hills, Calif., during a joint

  • Kirtland AFB wins Innkeeper award -- again!

    For the second year in a row and the third time overall, the lodging facilities here have won the Air Force Innkeeper Award for the large base category. Besides last year, Kirtland AFB Lodging also won the award in 2005.The competitors are evaluated using a lengthy checklist covering a variety of

  • Air Force Research Laboratory announces Class of 2009 Fellows

    Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke, the Air Force Research Laboratory commander headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, announced six new AFRL Fellows.    General Bedke stated, "It is my pleasure to announce AFRL's newest fellows.  This award is the highest honor bestowed upon our scientists and

  • Kirtland Noncommissioned Officer Academy deactivates

    The Kirtland Noncommissioned Officer Academy celebrated the graduation of its 418th and final class July 10. Events included Col. Charles W. Johnson, Barnes Center for Enlisted Education commander, officiating at a full pass-in-review parade at noon on the drill pad located behind the academy. The

  • Briefing for industry is Aug. 17-19

    The 23rd Annual Briefing For Industry 2009 will be Aug. 17-19 at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town.   The event is cosponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Professional Aerospace Contractors Association of New Mexico, a nonprofit organization serving the aerospace contracting

  • Tactical Satellite-3 completes successful first month of operations

    For the Tactical Satellite-3 program, what a huge difference a month makes. Launched on May 19, the experimental spacecraft, managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here, has accomplished early on-orbit checkout and anticipates completing calibration procedures next

  • Successful launch for TacSat-3 satellite

    The sky lit up briefly over NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., the evening of May 19 as an Air Force Minotaur I rocket launched the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 satellite, NASA's PharmaSat microsatellite and NASA's CubeSat Technology Demonstration experiments into a low earth

  • Board selects 32 Team Kirtland captains for promotion

    The 2008D Chaplain, 2008C Line of the Air Force-Judge Advocate and 2008C LAF/LAF-J central selection boards selected 2,458 captains for promotion, 32 of whom are members of Team Kirtland. They are Captains Lawrence James Anderley, 71st Special Operations Squadron Stephen L. Andrews, 71st SOS

  • Medical awards announced

    The Air Force Surgeon General's Medical Force Development Directorate announced the winners of the Annual Air Force Medical Services Award Competition. The 377th Medical Operations Squadron's Family Practice Clinic was selected as the Air Force Medical Service Clinical Optimization Team of the Year

  • AFRL civilian receives AF award for valor

    Michelle Hedrick, who risked her personal life and safety to rescue her neighbors from their burning house, earned the Department of the Air Force Civilian Award for Valor. Susan Thornton, Directed Energy Directorate director, presented the award during a recent director's call. Ms. Hedrick is the